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1957 Milk Strike memorabilia

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 6741

Scope and content

Program for the Second Annual Convention of the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), March 9, 1957; undated flyer from the DFA, ca. 1957; two flyers from the August 1957 milk strike; picket sign carried at the Elm Dairy in Albany, N.Y. by members of the Dearstyne family.

Dates

1957.

Creator

Dearstyne, Bruce W. (Collector, Person)

Biographical / Historical

Lawrence W. Dearstyne owned a dairy farm in Berne, N.Y. He was a member of the Dairy Farmers of America, an organization formed ca. 1955, for securing higher milk prices for farmers. It was one of the sponsors of the August 1957 milk strike.